A PACKET-SWITCHED MULTIPLE-ACCESS NETWORK SYSTEM WITH DISTRIBUTED FAIR PRIORITY QUEUING - Patent 1060596

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EP 1 060 596 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	20.12.2000 Bulletin 2000/51

(21)	Application number: 99934382.5

(22)	Date of filing: 12.02.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04L 12/407, H04L 12/413, G06F 13/376

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9903/070

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9943/130 (26.08.1999 Gazette 1999/34)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

19.02.1998 US 26884

(71)	Applicant: Broadcom HomeNetworking, Inc.
	Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HOLLOWAY, John, T. Woodside, CA 94062 (US) TRACHEWSKY, Jason Menlo Park, CA 94025 (US) PTASINSKI, Henry Mountain View, Ca 94041 (US)

(74)	Representative: Baumgärtel, Gunnar
	Patentanwälte Maikowski & Ninnemann,Xantener Strasse 10 10707 Berlin 10707 Berlin (DE)

(54)	A PACKET-SWITCHED MULTIPLE-ACCESS NETWORK SYSTEM WITH DISTRIBUTED FAIR PRIORITY QUEUING